Earlier this month, we spotlighted a great ‘Star Wars’ fan film from Australia called ‘Star Wars: Down Under’. Now, an old favorite fan film series is looking to make a comeback, but they’re asking for the help of their fans.

Way back in 2007, Rivera Film came together to release ‘Dark Resurrection: Volume 1’, which followed a dark Jedi’s path to uncover a mythical source of power. Later, in 2011, they released a prequel called ‘Dark Resurrection: Volume 0’. Now, they’re gearing up to complete the trilogy with the final chapter of the story, ‘Dark Resurrection: Volume 2’. However, the filmmakers are looking to their fans to help make this last installment the best one yet. You can check out their plea for help in the trailer below:

It’ll be interesting to see if Disney will actually allow them to continue with their film. Previously, director Mike Pecci attempted to create ‘The Dead Can’t Be Distracted’, a film based on Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto’s run on ‘Punisher’. However, Marvel, which is now owned by the House of Mouse, presented them with a cease and desist letter citing trademark violation as the reason. Since Disney owns Lucasfilm as well and are putting a heavy emphasis on ‘Star Wars’, especially with J.J. Abrams’ upcoming film in the pipeline, one has to wonder if Rivera Films has a letter coming their way too.

If you’re interested in the ‘Dark Resurrection’ series so far, you can check out both movies in full right here:

What do you think about this series of ‘Star Wars’ fan films? Would you like to see a third installment? Do you even think that Disney will allow a third one to happen? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

Ben Silverio

Ben F. Silverio received a degree from Drexel University in the Screenwriting and Playwriting Program with a minor in Television Production. While at Drexel, Ben co-founded and co-hosted a film review show called The Pretentious Film Majors, which has evolved into a multi-format form of entertainment including blogs, podcasts on iTunes, articles in the school paper, and a potential tv show. Now armed with an extremely expensive piece of paper, Ben can begin climbing the treacherous ladder of the entertainment industry, which he hopes to do while streaming WWE wrestling matches, reading Marvel comics, and blogging about the excessive amount of movies and tv shows that he watches, all on the iPhone that is permanently attached to his hand.

There is no way Disney will let this go forward. They will C&D it right out of the gate.They are great with fan films, until you start asking for money.

Since when has crowd sourcing been used for fan films anyway? It’s bad enough I get a dozen invites a week asking for money from every project under the sun, now fan films are joining the mix? Translated, this means “I want to make a movie without taking the risk of investing my own money”. Whatever happened to hard work and doing it yourself? I for one am not paying people so they can get paid to do their hobbies.

Crowd Funding for Fan Films is nothing new. Many quality Fan Films have been funded through sites like indiegogo and Kickstarter. I’ve helped fund a couple of them the same reason why I would purchase any form of entertainment…because it’s something I would be interested in seeing.

Disney isn’t going to do anything. These people aren’t making a profit off these films. I’ve personally been involved in a Crowd Funded Fan Film and although we used a lot of our own money to pay for it that little more from interested parties helped us stretch the production to a more professional level.